"And it shall be in the last days", says God, "that I will pour from My Spirit on all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy; and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams;"

"And on My menservants and on My maidservants I will pour out My Spirit in those days; and they shall prophesy.

who, arriving and seeing the grace of God, was glad, and encouraged them all with purpose of heart to continue with the Lord,

Now in these days prophets went down from Jerusalem to Antioch.

Now there were some in the church being in Antioch [who were] prophets and teachers: Both Barnabas, and Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen, brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

Therefore, behold, I send you prophets, wise [men], and scribes: some of them you will kill and you will crucify, and [some] of them you will flog in your synagogues and you will persecute from city to city,

Therefore the wisdom of God also said, 'I will send to them prophets and apostles, and [some] of them they will kill and persecute,'

Having then gifts differing according to the grace having been given to us, [let us use them]: whether prophecy, [let us prophecy] according to the proportion of faith;

And [those] whom God has appointed in the church [are]: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, administrations, kinds of tongues.

All [are] not apostles, [are they]? All [are] not prophets, [are they]? Are all teachers? [Are] all [workers of] miracles?

But he who prophesies speaks edification and exhortation and comfort.

Let two or three prophets speak, and let others discriminate.

And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets.

which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to His holy apostles and prophets:

And He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers,

Do not despise prophecies.

And with many other words he testified and exhorted them, saying, "Be saved from this crooked generation."

who, arriving and seeing the grace of God, was glad, and encouraged them all with purpose of heart to continue with the Lord,

strengthening the souls of the disciples, urging [them] to continue in the faith, [saying], "Through many tribulations we must enter into the kingdom of God."

After having spent some time there, he went out, going through in order the Galatian region and the Phrygian [region], strengthening all the disciples.

And going through those parts, and encouraging them with many words, he came to Greece

whether exhorting, in the exhortation; whether sharing, with simplicity; whether leading, with diligence; whether showing mercy, with cheerfulness.

as indeed you know how each one of you, as a father [to] his own children, we exhorted, and comforted [you], and imploring you,

Finally then, brothers, we request of you and exhort [you] in the Lord Jesus, just as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, that you should abound more.

Now we exhort you, brothers, admonish the disorderly, encourage the discouraged, be supportive of the weak, be patient toward all.

And to such [people] we command and urge by our Lord Jesus Christ that they work in quietness and eat their own bread.

Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made on behalf of all men,

preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Reprove, rebuke, exhort, with all patience and teaching.

Likewise exhort the young men to be sensible,

sound speech that cannot be condemned, in order that the [one] who is an opponent may be put to shame, having nothing bad to say about us.

not embezzling, but showing good faith, so that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior in all things.

teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age,

who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify for Himself a people as [His] own possession, zealous for good works.

The elders who are among you I exhort, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed;

By Silvanus the faithful brother, as I consider him, I have written to you briefly, exhorting and testifying this to be [the] true grace of God in which you stand.

And he passed through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches.

Be strong, you relaxed hands and feeble knees.

Comfort one another, you fainthearted; be strong, fear not; behold, our God renders judgment, and He will render [it]; He will come and save us.

And I, in the first year of Cyrus, stood to strengthen and confirm [him].

who will also confirm you until the end, [that you may be] unimpeachable in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

for the perfecting of the saints for the work of ministry, for the building up of the body of Christ,

until we all arrive to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to [the] measure of [the] stature of the fullness of Christ;

and sent Timothy, our brother and minister of God, and our fellow worker in the gospel of Christ, in order to establish you and encourage you concerning your faith,

But may the God of all grace, the [One] having called you into His eternal glory in Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little [while], may He Himself make you complete--He will establish, strengthen, [and] firmly ground [you].